己 — Chinese character
己
jǐ
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Radical
- 49 ⼰ (Oneself)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 乚
- Formation
- pictographic — A loom woven with thread
- Japanese
- 己 as a kanji
Common words with 己
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 知己 | zhī jǐ | to know oneself; to be intimate or close |
| 己方 | jǐ fāng | our side; one's own (side etc) |
| 异己 (異己) | yì jǐ | dissident; alien |
| 利己 | lì jǐ | personal profit; to benefit oneself |
| 身不由己 | shēn bù yóu jǐ | (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite o |
| 各抒己见 (各抒己見) | gè shū jǐ jiàn | everyone gives their own view |
| 事不关己 (事不關己) | shì bù guān jǐ | a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom) |
| 占为己有 (佔為己有) | zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu | to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others) |
| 利己主义 (利己主義) | lì jǐ zhǔ yì | egoism |
| 固执己见 (固執己見) | gù zhí jǐ jiàn | to persist in one's views |
| 知己知彼 | zhī jǐ zhī bǐ | know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 (Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ)) |
English words written with 己
己 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 28 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 35 · Zhuangzi 88 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 81
- Analects 1.8
- Analects 1.16
- Analects 4.14
- Analects 5.15
- Analects 6.28
- Analects 7.28
- Analects 8.7
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